Fasure said that the 2,006 retirees that were expected to benefit from the money  would receive N100,000 each on ‘first come, first served’ basis.

He listed the beneficiaries to include 801 high school teachers, 704 civil servants and 501 others from parastatal agencies.

Fasure said that the payment would commence on Feb. 26

He also said that all retirees from local governments, elementary schools and middle schools would  have their entitlements settled in instalments  from Feb.  26.

Fasure said that the state  government also released  N1 billion for the payment of 142 pensioners under the Contributory Pension Scheme.

The governor’s aide  said that among the beneficiaries were 100 high school teachers, 30 retirees from MDAs and 12 others  from parastatal agencies.

He further  said that the council had dispelled the rumour that the state government was collecting  fees in public schools in the state.

According to him, government is only charging students and pupils maintenance levies in the new state-of-the-art elementary, middle and high schools in the state.

“Elementary school pupils are required to pay N2,000; middle school pupils, N3,000; and high school pupils N6,000 maintenance levy  every academic session.

“Nevertheless, a flat rate of N1,500 education trust levy is required from every pupil in public and private schools in the state every academic session, “Fasure said.